Registered Nurse- Oncology FT Nights

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

We are hiring immediately for a full time, RN and offering a $10,000 sign on bonus! With Our Lady of the Lake, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we are here to create a spirit of healing - and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit. In addition to competitive salaries and generous benefits, we offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs.
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family.
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
• Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families.
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees.
• Demonstrates knowledge of unit-based quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
• Incorporates evidence-based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members.
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice.
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Growth opportunities
• Affordable employee benefits
• A community culture where you don't feel lost in a large health system

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees